BR Class 08/9 - BR Railfreight Grey - 08994 pre TOPS Powered directly from the engine

Powered directly from the engine

were made up to 16 vehicles

Kinetic NEM coupler mounts on tender at correct height with mini-tension-lock couplers

and a new serifed lettering style was adopted

BR Class 08/9 - BR Railfreight Grey - 08994 pre TOPS Powered directly from the engineEnglish Electrics 1934 diesel electric shunter No. 7079 for the LMS proved highly successful and led to further orders across all the Big Four railways. Its lineage fed directly into British Railways push, after 1948 nationalisation, to create a standardised large shunting locomotive. Drawing heavily on the LMS 350 hp design but incorporating improvements and flexibility for different engines and electrical equipment, the resulting BR standard 0 6 0